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"You! How did you get that fast?" Enel asked, anger in his voice. That attack was was far faster than his normal lightning, it wasn't his fastest attack, but even still he hadn't seen anyone other than that man dodge that attack.
"I didn't want to ruin my shoes," Sanji said, smiling, as he combed back his hair with his fingers, "That's the reason I was holding back. But now… now that you ruined a good pair, I have no reason to hold back."
It was true. Due to fighting Blackbeard's crew before, the newly made sea-stone sole shoes were heavily damaged. So if he used his full speed from the start, they would get ruined. What? Some people have priories.
Sparks of blue lightning crackled around Sanji, a simple technique that was purely powered by his devil fruit. A technique that he developed after training intensely with Sabo. A technique that the more he used it, boosted it speed.
"It will change nothing!" Enel growled as he came forward. His trident sparking with electricity.
Sanji smirked going forward as well.
While his captain was a good trainer, due to his rubber body, some of the tips he gave wasn't applicable for him. Sabo was used to fighting without power, so from time to time he would seek the fellow blond out to train.
Sabo also being a bit used to training others due to him being a revolutionary helped quite a bit. And with this, just before leaving Alabasta Sanji was able to make his new technique.
He had to thank Sabo for that. Other than hair color, both of them were also similar with their past. So they bonded well in that regard.
Both Enel and Sanji met at the middle. And like before Enel wanted to shock Sanji with his lightning. But to his surprise, the lightning bounced of his body. Well, most of it.
"Huh, didn't know my new technique could do that." Sanji smirked, "Anyway, we have wasted enough time already. As you are not holding back, I won't either. This is my new technique, Speed Overdrive! Hope, you won't die too fast."
Enel growled attacking with everything. His speed and power are stronger than before.
Sanji was able to keep up. But not in the way people might expect. His observation haki had improved and with armament haki, his flames and speed powers, he was fast. But Enel was faster.
But with Sanji's Speed Overdrive, he was getting there, and in time he would overtake Enel in speed. Though controlling that much speed was far more complex then it was.
In his training with Sabo he also improved his Black leg style. After learning Geppo and Soru. Sanji had made a note to incorporate the feet-based movements into his techniques. And with this his base speed had gone up significantly. And when added 'Speed Overdrive' on the top of it.
He was a menace in speed. Though, that was excluding Luffy and Sabo. They were in a different league… for now, that was.
His Speed Overdrive was the same technique, that almost made me catch up to the teleporter. Van Auger. So of course he would able to fight against Enel with it.
Both Enel and Sanji fought for quite a while. Enel might have lacked proper fighting experience, but he made up for it with power alone.
Sanji's form blurred from his spot, almost teleporting right in front of Enel with a roundhouse kick. His feet laced with nothing but flames and armament haki.
Enel quickly held up his golden staff, but that was a mistake. Sanji's kick broke though the golden staff, like it wasn't there before hitting Enel in the arm, "Agh!"
Sanji's leg connected with his opponent's arm, bones cracking due to his hit, as the arm bent in an odd angle. With another swing, this time he tried to kick man in his mid-section.
But this time Enel was quick to react, discharging a massive amount of lighting making Sanji step back with soru. As Sanji stopped one could see that from his knee down, his pants were ripped due to the force of his own kicks. "Tch… I have to get better pants."
Not even bothering with Enel. Sanji had finally figured out Enel's weakness. His lack of durability that is. He had only managed to land hits five times, and Enel was already looking half-dead.
Though the problem was hitting him in the first place. The bastard was fast. And if he wasn't wrong. He was getting faster.
He knew about some people becoming strong as the fight went on. Happened many times with his captain and even Zoro. Heck, even he had experienced it when fighting against Slender Swift, but when the same thing happens to the opponent. It's a bother.
"Why you insolent brat!" Enel growled holding his arm, he quickly wrapped his broken arm with the gold from his staff. The gold wrapped around the wound like a crutch that he could control. "I will kill you!"
Sanji mused, "Here I thought, I took off one of your arms…"
Enel growled as his form started to glow blue with power. "You will suffer!"
Sanji just smirked. Both of them moved as Sanji's feets caught flames laced with Haki. Lightning took shape in Enel's hands, creating a massive hammer that he swang forth.
Sanji at the same time, kicked forward without any fear, as both of their attacks collided.
BOOM
The landscape shook, as the air rumbled with power. Thunder cracking while sparks of fire could be seen everywhere. The ground broke off into chunks as trees, rocks anything that were around the area got destroyed and thrown back due to the clash of their attacks.
Both of them, blinking in and out of the battlefield. Not giving each other a chance to catch a breath. Each trying to end the fight quickly.
As both of them weren't holding back anything. They knew dragging the fight longer would be a mistake. So they wanted to end it fast.
But it was easier said than done. Both of them were strong. Almost equally matched. And both of them were improving mid-battle. Sanji with his Speed Overdrive, Enel because of his extraordinary talent and willpower.
Enel attacked. Rather then using gold to make weapons. Enel used his own lighting to create semi-solid weapons. And surprisingly enough it was much more durable. Enough to stand against a few haki-enhanced kicks from Sanji before breaking.
Showing how far Enel had improved his powers.
Both of their speed matched each other. Sanji only gaining the upper advantage when he used Soru, but with Enel's lighting construct it bridged the gap. But that wasn't the only problem.
Enel had set up orbs of lightning around them, that shot attacks randomly. And while his 'Speed Overdrive' was able to negate most of the damage. It was adding up.
'Every time I attack, I also get damaged from it. Shit, this guy really was holding back a lot.' Sanji thought as Enel came in for another attack. 'I have to be careful… I might have some lightning resistance, but I can't take much. Even armament haki can't protect me from all the damage. It would have been different, if my armament haki was stronger. Then I could pull that full-body trick and finish the fight… but its too hard for me. I have to outsmart him.'
Just having full-body armament haki didn't mean your haki was stronger. It meant your control over the armament aspect of it was strong. But having more control also means better utilization, so in a way it did make you strong.
Both Sanji and Enel attacked each other. Going through the island, not caring for the surroundings. The fight moved from sky to ground, to ground to sky.
Enel attacked like a furious beast, without any elegance as he unleashed his wrath. Around him was his lightning constructs of different weapons, which he tried to kill Sanji with.
Sanji avoided some, while tanking others. Still, the lightning damage was getting to him. And that wasn't all, his devil fruit was sucking his stamina dry.
Unlike others, he just got his powers recently. So, he wasn't used to the stamina drain that other Devil Fruit users on his crew had. So he was on a timer.
The ground shook. The large trees of the upper yard got destroyed either by the lightning attacks or by the sheer force of their clash. The whole island started to shake as the fighting intensified.
"Die!"
Sanji was thrown back, by a blow that connected with his jaw, sending his spinning towards a lightning orb. But before he could get hit. He dodged it in the nick of time with soru. Tough Enel was already on him.
'Shit! I can't keep going on this for long!'
At this high speed, using soru and geepo too much was breaking his exoskeleton. If he didn't use it sparingly, he might even end up breaking his own feet.
Also even though when using Speed Overdrive his speed increased the more he moved, he couldn't do that infinitely. Well, in theory he could. But his body wasn't able to handle that high speed. And if he went out of Speed Overdrive then he would need to go from square one to build up speed again. And with his stamina issues with his relatively new devil fruit, Sanji was on the lines here.
There was also another problem. Sanji wasn't the only one who improved his observation haki and devil fruit usage mid battle. Enel did as well. And unlike Sanji who had a timer on his technique, he didn't.
Enel had his fruit far longer then Sanji, so he was experienced on how to use it efficiently. While Sanji was still learning.
Sanji jumped to the side, sparingly using soru to dodge the dangerous attacks. And even though he had his Speed Overdrive active, he wasn't using it to boost his speed as it was getting hard as it to hold that much speed in.
Enel laughed seeing Sanji run, "It won't do you any good blue sea dweller. I have merged my mantra with my lightning powers. Now you can't beat me."
Enel of course had long discovered how to use his devil fruit powers to increase the range of his mantra, he was able to do it back in Birka. But only while fighting Sanji did he learn how to use of it mid battle.